diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/channel.c b/drivers/staging/hv/channel.c
index 5a2a947debd8..69b5641151e0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/channel.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/channel.c
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ int vmbus_establish_gpadl(struct vmbus_channel *channel, void *kbuffer,
 
 		}
 	}
-	t = wait_for_completion_timeout(&msginfo->waitevent, HZ);
+	t = wait_for_completion_timeout(&msginfo->waitevent, 5*HZ);
 	BUG_ON(t == 0);
 
 
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ int vmbus_teardown_gpadl(struct vmbus_channel *channel, u32 gpadl_handle)
 			       sizeof(struct vmbus_channel_gpadl_teardown));
 
 	BUG_ON(ret != 0);
-	t = wait_for_completion_timeout(&info->waitevent, HZ);
+	t = wait_for_completion_timeout(&info->waitevent, 5*HZ);
 	BUG_ON(t == 0);
 
 	/* Received a torndown response */